So guys, the most requested option was A and I promise that it was a good one. If any of you are confused about the ending, it will all be explained in the next chapter. Thank you for all the people that bother to read these notices.
What was I doing here at this college? Oh yeah - finding a book Francesca and Steven wanted for Shoreline. It was supposed to help the Nephilim with controlling their powers or some sort of bullshit like that. I couldn't really care about Nephilim right now - it was bad enough that we still had to put up with the 2 we picked up along our journey. Shelby and Miles? I think I got it right. Now, Miles was kind of alright. But Shelby on the other hand? No. She was so fucking whiney and sensitive and really, really, couldn't take a joke. She had a good sense of humor. Sometimes. But if it came down to the gang having a meeting and she wasn't invited, mainly because it didn't concern her at all, we'd never hear the end of it. Never mind that. That was nothing compared to her mood swings. Shit really hit the fan with her around. How many children has she had now? 2? 3? I lost count.
I looked at the girls sitting on the floor, outside their dorm rooms, smiling and laughing at a joke one of them recently told. Even as I passed them and continued round the corner, I could still hear their laughs and smell their nail varnish and perfume. One of the advantages of being an angel - all of your senses are heightened.
"And I was like, so now that you've like, snogged Liam, does that mean that you've like, snogged the whole football team? I mean, could she be like, anymore of a slut?" One of them said, giggling.
"I know right? Never mind the fact that she's like, cheating on Will with like, half of the lacrosse team." Another echoed.
"Didn't you hear? He dumped her like, when he found out about Sam and Peter. Then she dumped Sam because like, apparently, he was like, so bad in bed..." A third continued.
It kind of reminded me of Sword and Cross and how we were all just happy enough to be trusted to walk the premises without supervision. It was a relaxing yet haunted thought. It reminded me of Luce, Daniel, Arriane, Roland, Molly and...and...and...I couldn't even think it. Her perfect golden curls. Innocent, angelic nature. It didn't matter anyway - she was an angel, I was a demon. I would have changed sides for her in a heartbeat but I knew that she had been my best friend for thousands of years and that's all she'd ever want to be with me - friends. I was crazy to even think about being anything more. Who would love me anyway? Lilith didn't love me. Luce didn't love me. Gabbe didn't love me. Gabbe. My heart constricted. She was dead. She and Molly had sacrificed their lives for Luce and Daniel. It was their choice. But the knowledge of never seeing her baby blue eyes and perfect body ever again almost brought tears to my eyes. Call me a puff. Or a girl. But the only girl I truly loved was dead and there was nothing I could do about it. So I'm not sorry if I cry because I haven't even grieved yet and I have every right to start now. Granted, that's not ideal but I still would - right in this very hallway.
However, as much as I wanted to, I couldn't. I had to focus on getting that book.
I was so lost in my own thoughts that I didn't see the two people coming towards me and I ran straight into them.
"Sorry." I muttered and briefly looked up to meet their eyes. My heart froze and so did my body. A pair of hazel eyes stared at me. A great flow of black hair behind her. The person beside here stared at me with almost violet eyes and I almost cried. After 17 years of hiding, I finally saw them. I didn't cry the first time I saw Luce every 17 years. I didn't cry, period. But Daniel? Of course I would! He was my closest friend - my brother. Even if we fought like enemies, we loved each other like family.
"I'm so sorry!" Luce exclaimed. "I wasn't looking where I was going!"
"Yeah, sorry man. I didn't see you there." Daniels cool voice added.
"It's not your fault, I was distracted - thinking - about some old friends." I smiled at them.
Daniel pushed his blonde hair out of his eyes and Luce shifted to the other foot. "Do I know you? I swear I've seen you before. Do you come here?" Luce asked.
I completely forgot that this was the college that they went to.
"Um, no. I'm just visiting an old friend, like I mentioned before. Yeah, he told me to meet him at the library but I'm having a hard time finding it." It was the partial truth.
"Well you're not going to find it here." Daniel stated. "It's all the way at the other end of campus. It's a building all by itself. You can't miss it really - it's massive."
"Yeah. There's a big sign on the door telling you that it's the library." Luce said. She looked deep in thought.
"Thanks." I managed to get out. It felt weird having a normal conversation with Daniel. It felt even weirder, though, lying to him. After all, with all this Luce and angels business that was going on, I could talk to Daniel. I could freely talk about Lucinda's deaths and about how much bigger his wings are to mine but mine looked cooler. Now that he was human, what could I do?
"I'm Daniel." He held out his hand and I shook it. "And this is Luce. Well, Lucinda. But everyone calls her Luce."
I looked over to Luce but she looked as though she wasn't paying attention any more. "Is she ok?" It was the same face I'd seen on her in all of her past lives, where she tries to remember where she's seen Daniel. This couldn't be good, I concluded.
Daniel turned to Luce. "Luce? Lucinda? Are you ok?"
Luce gave a slight nod of the head but apart from that, nothing.
"Are you sure?" I asked Daniel. I don't know what scared me more - the fact that Lucinda looked stoned out of her head right now, or the fact that Daniel didn't seemed to be bothered by it.
"Yeah, she is. She just blacks out sometimes. She kinda of gets day dreams. She doesn't daydream but more like she sees dreams in the day. Fragments of her memory. I don't know. I mean, yeah, it creeps me out a bit, but recently, I've started having them too."
So this is what Callie was going on about! These so called 'blackouts' was just Luce remembering. It took a lot out of her when she was remembering on our last mission - finding the place of the Fall. If she was suddenly remembering now, that means that someone has created a loophole. I would hug that person right now! Wait. But if Luce can remember, she would start seeing the Announcers again. And if it's started happening to Daniel, so can he. You have to be angel or at least part angel to see Announcers. So does that mean they would...
No. The Throne made it very clear that they were to be human. Maybe the blackouts were them remembering childhood. I knew that was something Daniel had never had before so that must have been something for him.
Luce started mumbling words under her breath. Loud enough so that my angel hearing could pick it up but quiet enough that I couldn't make out the words.
"I didn't get your name." Daniel said, just suddenly remembering.
"Oh. Sorry, just have slipped my mind. It's C-"
"Cam." Luce whispered and looked at me with eyes far too old for her human, 17 year old self. "Is it really you?"
"Cam!" Daniel said his violet eyes lighting up and looking more like the Daniel that I knew for thousands of years. "Oh my...Gosh. It is. Where have you been? It been 17 years! I thought you would've at least said hi."
Ok, now I was confused. I was pretty sure that they had both turned 17. Had they finally remembered? No. It was impossible. But as the evidence stood right in front of me, my mind begged to differ.
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